Gazeebow Unit
Gazeebow Unit is a rap group from Newfoundland, Canada, founded by a group of teenagers in the provincial capital of St. John's.[1] The group was noted for its depiction of working-class Newfoundland culture, to include the rare use of the Newfoundland English dialect. In Newfoundland and Labrador English, academic Sandra Clarke assesses, however, that as suburban youth, the use of Newfoundland vernacular by Gazeebow Unit was parodic, imitating the "skeet" blue-collar white culture of Newfoundland.[2] However, Marina Terkourafi describes their use of Newfoundland dialect as metaparodic.[3]
Further reading
- Gazeebow Unit: Local Language And Vernacularity In A St. John’s Rap Group, Philip Hiscock. Presented MUN Folklore Society, 15 November 2005[1]
References
- ^ Quill & quire. Greey de Pencier Publications. 2006. p. 13. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
- ^ Sandra Clarke (1 April 2010). Newfoundland and Labrador English. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 137–. ISBN 978-0-7486-2617-5. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
- ^ Marina Terkourafi (22 September 2010). The Languages of Global Hip Hop. Continuum International Publishing Group. pp. 234–. ISBN 978-0-8264-3160-8. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
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